OMG!! :-O Reagan is a racist because in Mississippi he gave a speech and said he was for state rights!!??!! (hu) - they say it's code word for racism..how narrow-minded
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I know I make fun of your reading comprehension skills, but I'm starting to think that it might not be a laughing matter. I don't know if Reagan was a racist or not (I don't think he was, although I believe we all are to varying degrees), but is that really what you got out of reading the article?
"Reagan told an all-white crowd he was for “state’s rights” – the old Southern code word for slavery and Jim Crow segregation. He denied he was pandering to racial prejudice."
In case you're still not getting it, pandering is not the same as racism. Now some of those who voted for him may very well have been racists, hence, the association between racists and the "Party of Lincoln".